SUMMARY
1. Databases
A. Maine InfoNet (Audiobook) Download Library
B. Philosopher's Index now on EBSCO
C. Trial of (Cumulative) Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications,
1895-1976
2. Services
A. GeoStats Spatial & Numeric Data and GIS Service
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1. DATABASES
A. MAINE INFONET (AUDIOBOOK) DOWNLOAD LIBRARY
Explore the growing collection of downloadable Audiobooks and use your
library card barcode to download them to your personal computer, transfer to a
portable player or device, or burn selected titles onto a CD for listening on
the go. Audiobooks are available in either WMA or MP3 formats. <download.maineinfonet.org/>.
The Maine InfoNet Download Library is supported by more than 130 member
libraries throughout the state, including Fogler Library.

B. PHILOSOPHER'S INDEX NOW ON EBSCO
The Philosophers Index is available via the Library's Indexes and Databases
page <library.umaine.edu/indexesdb/Indexes.asp>
and also via a link in its record in the URSUS online catalog
<ursus.maine.edu/search/t>. It provides indexing and abstracts for books and
over 270 journals on philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields published
in the U.S. and the Western World. Dates of coverage are: 1940+ for U.S.
materials; 1967+ for non-U.S. references. As with Ovid, the prior database
service vendor, the license allows 1 user at a time to access the database.
For assistance with Philosopher's Index please contact Mel Johnson at
207-581-3614 or
mel.johnson@umit.maine.edu, or Reference at 207-581-1673.

C. TRIAL OF (CUMULATIVE) MONTHLY CATALOG OF U.S. GOVERNMETN PUBLICATIONS,
1895-1976
The Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications indexes public documents
published by the United States federal government from 1895-1976. (The database
is cumulative: all months are searched once.) Most of the material indexed in
the Monthly Catalog is available at the Raymond H. Fogler Library, which has
been a United States Government Documents Depository since 1907, and a Regional
(complete) Depository since 1963. The library has also acquired numerous
pre-1907 government documents. Government documents may be requested at the
Reference Desk on the first floor of the library. For more information, see <monthlycatalog.chadwyck.com/info/about.do>.
Trial expires: April 4, 2009.
Please send feedback about the Monthly Catalog to Deb Rollins
deb.rollins@umit.maine.edu,
207-581-1659.

2. SERVICES
A. GEOSTATS SPATIAL AND NUMERIC DATA AND GIS SERVICE
Workstation: A versatile custom-built workstation is available for
your research and instruction involving spatial & numeric data and geographic
information systems (GIS). Located on the first floor of the Fogler Library,
it can be used to create maps color-coded to correspond to spatial distribution
of your chosen data. All major GIS software and numeric analysis software is
installed.
Comprehensive hard-copy map collection to scan from: Every day maps
and map images are becoming newly available in digital and image formats But
what if what you want is not available digitally? Not to to worry. Spatial
data covering the desired area might be able to be pieced or layered together to
do the job. Also maps from the Library's comprehensive hard-copy sheet map
collections, or original maps that you provide, can be vector-scanned with the
CalComp Drawing Board III Model 34360-H2 large-format digitizer tablet at the
work station or raster-scanned on a color digitizer in the Media Resource
Center. Your final product can be saved in most common formats, or printed on
the large-format Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 450C color plotter/printer.
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